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12-09-2001, 11:24 PM
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Bizarre thing
It must have come in on some LR. It looks like something out of a horror flick. I was able to identify it as a skeleton shrimp, here is a url:
http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/crust/movcapi.html
Besides it being horribly creepy, will something eat it or should I pick it out of the tank and irradicate it???
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12-10-2001, 02:12 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Looks cool - why do you want to remove it?
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12-10-2001, 06:09 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Adrienne will we ever stop being amazed by what creatures live in our reefs. I wonder if it is harmful to anything else! Looks really creepy like you said. Johnny  |
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12-10-2001, 09:40 AM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
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Adrienne,
How big is it? I saw some critters that were very similar on some rock at the public aquarium last time I was there, the rock had just been brought in from the ocean and put in a display; none of the volunteers working there knew what it was. The ones I saw were about 3/4' long and were anchored to the rock somehow and were bending and dipping for food particles.
Alice
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12-10-2001, 09:54 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2000
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Pull it out of your reef immediately and send it to me for further "scientific" study. Don't forget to include a few heatpacks. 
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12-10-2001, 10:11 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2001
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And yoiu said my reef was visited by Alien Life.
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12-10-2001, 07:40 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2001
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Is that ghost of the mantis you offed?? That is a cool looking critter... good thing its small.
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12-10-2001, 09:07 PM
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Well I watched it for a while. I VERY small copepod wandered by and ZAP!! It bowed forward and grabbed up the little critter and ate him really fast. He is 3/4" long. Very creepy. I dont know what to do with it. I am afraid that it may multiply and do bad things. If nobody knows if its good or not I am inclined to make it go bye bye.
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12-10-2001, 09:11 PM
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Jedi Master
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I think it looks really cool! Maybe you could set up a small tank for it and feed it Brine shrimp? I would have a hard time getting rid of it myself.
Andrew
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12-10-2001, 09:16 PM
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Hmmmmmmmmm I rememeber going over this in chat a few weeks back, they are efficient pod hunters but I dont remember if they are a threat to anything else
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12-10-2001, 09:41 PM
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Well since all the pods in my tank are reserved for the Mandarin he is out of there!
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12-10-2001, 09:44 PM
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Hey Adrienne,
Why not get another so they can dance:
They are actually Amphipods and there are both Atlantic and Pacific species. I couldn't find any reference that would suggest they would be harmful; probably wind up as fish food anyway!!!
Dick
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12-10-2001, 09:56 PM
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So far, he has eaten a few pods. If he eats pods and there are two they will breed and eat ALL the pods. I have looked and looked and looked and cant find a dang thing about this beast. He is kewl looking though. I remain undecided.
and yes Dick that is what it looks like.
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12-11-2001, 09:14 AM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
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That IS what I saw at the aquarium...cool! Mystery solved. Thanks Dick
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12-11-2001, 12:27 PM
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Little Fishy
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We had talked about this in chatroom months ago, someone else had one of these and didnt know what it was. Then another person said they are a nuisance to the tank that can capture small fish. Wish we knew for sure. I wouldnt trust it though 
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